﻿APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1911. 
  85 
  

  

  31318 
  to 
  31320— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  31318. 
  "The 
  tubers 
  of 
  this 
  variety, 
  when 
  cooked, 
  are 
  dry 
  and 
  mealy 
  and 
  

   are 
  rather 
  whiter 
  than 
  the 
  Yii-na 
  variety. 
  The 
  leafstalk 
  is 
  referred 
  to 
  by 
  the 
  

   Chinese 
  as 
  white." 
  (Loosley.) 
  

  

  "The 
  tubers 
  are 
  nonacrid 
  when 
  raw. 
  The 
  flesh 
  and 
  sprouts 
  are 
  white. 
  

   When 
  cooked 
  the 
  flesh 
  is 
  of 
  fair 
  flavor." 
  (R. 
  A. 
  Young.) 
  

  

  31319. 
  "The 
  tubers 
  of 
  this 
  variety 
  when 
  cooked 
  are 
  white 
  at 
  the 
  heart 
  and 
  

   purplish 
  colored 
  outside. 
  They 
  are 
  stocky 
  and 
  moist. 
  The 
  leafstalk 
  is 
  

   called 
  Y'ii-na 
  (black). 
  This 
  variety 
  must 
  be 
  grown 
  deep 
  in 
  damp 
  soil 
  (not 
  

   water), 
  and 
  the 
  earth 
  should 
  be 
  kept 
  banked 
  up. 
  In 
  dry 
  weather 
  they 
  

   should 
  be 
  watered." 
  (Loosley.) 
  

  

  "The 
  tubers 
  are 
  nonacrid 
  when 
  raw. 
  The 
  flesh 
  and 
  sprouts 
  are 
  white. 
  

   When 
  cooked 
  the 
  tubers 
  are 
  lacking 
  in 
  flavor." 
  (R. 
  A. 
  Young.) 
  

  

  31320. 
  "Tuber 
  pink 
  sprouted." 
  (R. 
  A. 
  Young.) 
  

  

  31321 
  to 
  31323. 
  Trifolium 
  lupinaster 
  L. 
  Lupine 
  clover. 
  

  

  From 
  Russia. 
  Received 
  through 
  Prof. 
  N. 
  E. 
  Hansen, 
  South 
  Dakota 
  Agricultural 
  

   Experiment 
  Station, 
  Brookings, 
  S. 
  Dak., 
  May 
  20, 
  1910. 
  Numbered 
  June 
  17, 
  

   1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Hansen: 
  

  

  31321. 
  "(H. 
  No. 
  285). 
  The 
  same 
  as 
  No. 
  28313. 
  This 
  is 
  selection 
  No. 
  2, 
  

   the 
  third 
  generation 
  from 
  one 
  plant; 
  very 
  tall, 
  without 
  branches, 
  but 
  many 
  

   stems; 
  stems 
  woody." 
  

  

  31322. 
  "(H. 
  No. 
  286.) 
  The 
  same 
  as 
  No. 
  28313. 
  This 
  is 
  selection 
  No. 
  3, 
  the 
  

   third 
  generation 
  from 
  one 
  plant; 
  plant 
  tall, 
  with 
  single 
  stems 
  and 
  abundance 
  

   of 
  large 
  leaves." 
  

  

  31323. 
  "(H. 
  No. 
  287.) 
  The 
  same 
  as 
  No. 
  28313. 
  This 
  is 
  selection 
  No. 
  4. 
  

   The 
  main 
  endeavor 
  with 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  to 
  improve 
  the 
  plant 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  leaves. 
  This 
  species 
  of 
  clover 
  is 
  very 
  widely 
  distributed 
  throughout 
  

   Siberia, 
  ranging 
  to 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Arctic 
  Circle. 
  It 
  is 
  considered 
  a 
  valuable 
  

   plant 
  on 
  the 
  native 
  stock 
  ranges." 
  

  

  31325. 
  Citrus 
  decumana 
  (L.) 
  Murr. 
  Pomelo. 
  

  

  From 
  Seharunpur, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  William 
  Gollan, 
  February 
  25, 
  1904, 
  

  

  who 
  was 
  the 
  superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  Botanic 
  Gardens. 
  Numbered 
  June 
  21, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "This 
  plant 
  is 
  from 
  one 
  of 
  six 
  scions 
  that 
  were 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  Office 
  of 
  Pomology. 
  

  

  The 
  scions 
  were 
  said 
  to 
  comprise 
  three 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  pomelos 
  of 
  India. 
  Nothing 
  more 
  

  

  definite 
  than 
  this 
  is 
  known 
  regarding 
  the 
  variety 
  of 
  this 
  tree." 
  (R. 
  A. 
  Young.) 
  

  

  31326. 
  Mauritia 
  setigera 
  Griseb. 
  and 
  Wendl. 
  

  

  From 
  La 
  Brea, 
  Trinidad, 
  British 
  West 
  Indies. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  G. 
  Freeman, 
  

   Acting 
  Director 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Port 
  of 
  Spain, 
  Trinidad. 
  Received 
  June 
  21, 
  

   1911. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  gregarious 
  palm, 
  forming 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  vegetation 
  in 
  the 
  

   swampy 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Trinidad. 
  

  

  31327. 
  Ipomoea 
  batatas 
  (L.) 
  Poir. 
  Sweet 
  potato. 
  

  

  From 
  Auckland, 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Rev. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Simmonds, 
  through 
  

   Mr. 
  T. 
  W. 
  Adams, 
  Greendale, 
  Canterbury, 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  Received 
  at 
  the 
  

   Plant 
  Introduction 
  Garden, 
  Chico, 
  Cal., 
  June 
  7, 
  1911. 
  

  

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